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A ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea reportedly lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan, located on Borneo Island in Indonesia. A massive search rescue operation has been launched to locate the vessel. The Search and Rescue Office in the city of Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, which is located on Borneo island, said it received a report two hours after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 at about 2 AM Sunday. The ship had departed from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city in East Java province, en route to Banjarmasin.